The term derecho likely derives from the Spanish word for straight, alluding to the storm's straight-line winds â the winds in a derecho sweep across the landscape straight ahead like a wall rather than swirling around like in a tornado.
The Hamsa (Arabic: Ø®ÙØ³Ø©ââ Khamsah, Hebrew: ×Ö·×Ö°×¡Ö¸×ââ, also romanized khamsa), is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and commonly used in jewelry and wall hangings.
In Judaism, it is also interpreted to be the Hand of Miriam, and symbolic of the owner's five senses in an effort to praise God. In Arabic, it is khamesh.. In the Sunni culture, the hamsa is associated with the Five Pillars of Islam. For the Shi'tes, it symbolizes the Five People of the Cloak.